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Were the announcers really that bad? I was at the game and haven’t had a chance to watch it yet.

If more of the voters had actually seen Virginia Tech (unimpressive) play, this wouldn’t have been as much of an issue.

A great Saturday for Longhorn fans started off with a sound Texas victory of the improved Baylor Bears. Though the game was in Waco, it was a decidedly burnt orange crowd (photo #20) and I was one of many UT fans to make it down to the game from Dallas. I took as many photos of the game as I could before my camera batteries died midway through the third quarter. The extra batteries I brought don’t help much when they’re left in the car.

Overall a great game by the Horns, especially coming off last week’s disappointing showing against Oklahoma State. The offense started off fast and never let up, racking up an amazing 645 yards of total offense against a pretty good Baylor defense. Ramonce Taylor was the game’s star. Playing running back full time for the first time this season, he displayed the brilliance that has had me clamoring for him to get more touches all season long. The defense gave up a few yards early on but settled in nicely and ended up shutting out the Bears’ offense. A total team effort and the Horns’ most complete game so far this season.

Highlight of the game was definitely Matt Nordgren’s 15 yard, Australian rules football inspired, touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

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He runs away with it, getting 15 first place votes.

The official site for his Heisman campaign is much better than this one.

I still like the idea of a four team or “Plus 1” system better than a full 8+ team playoff.

645 total yards for the Horns as they completely dominate Baylor.

Three games between ranked teams this week but only one of them really matters. Miami travels to Blacksburg to face Virginia Tech in a game that they better win and win big if they want a chance to move up to number two in the BCS. Miami is probably overrated at number five, but they’re a solid defensive football team that definitely has a chance to upset the Hokies and put themselves in position for an ACC title and a BCS berth of their own. The eyes of Texas will certainly be tuned to ESPN for this one.

Here’s our picks for this week:

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• Last week’s picks

Mike Williams, the former big time recruit from Lindale, made mistakes that cost him his opportunity at the University of Texas but it looks like he’s trying to get back on track at Texas College. Hopefully he can get things figured out for himself on and off the football field.

He let the team down and we sure could have used his pass rushing this season, but if his ex-teammates and Mack Brown support him so can we as fans.

As long as he doesn’t get flagged, I love having an angry LB out there on defense. (BugMeNot)